Question

Gopal has a bag that contains 3 red, 1blue, 6 green, and 2 yellow marbles. What fractional part of the bag of marbles is red?

• A. $\frac{1}{12}$
• B. $\frac{2}{12}$
• C. $\frac{3}{12}$
• D. $\frac{6}{12}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $\frac{3}{12}$

It is given that Gopal has $3$ red, $1$ blue, $6$ green, and $2$ yellow marbles, so the total number of marbles are:

$3+1+6+2=12$ marbles.

Therefore, the ratio of red marbles to the total number of marbles is:

$\frac{Red}{Total}=\frac{3}{12}$

Hence, the fraction of the red marbles in the bag is $\frac{3}{12}$.